Madhya-līlāChapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 8.269

tomāra sammukhe dekhi kāñcana-pañcālikā

tāńra gaura-kāntye tomāra sarva ańga ḍhākā

SYNONYMS

tomāra — of You; sammukhein front; dekhiI see; kāñcana-pañcālikāa doll made of gold; tāńra — of it; gaura-kāntye — by a golden complexion; tomāra — Your; sarva — all; ańga — body; ḍhākā — covering.

TRANSLATION

"I now see You appearing like a golden doll, and Your entire body appears covered by a golden luster.

PURPORT

Śyāmasundara is blackish, but here Rāmānanda Rāya says that he saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appear golden. The lustrous body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was covered by the bodily complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.

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